Collar or cuff button.



No; 7D|,244. Patented *Mayl 27,l |902.

0. F. AMBURN.

` COLLAR 0R CUFF BUTTON.

(Applicaeion med spe. 7, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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MICHIGAN.

COLLAR OR CUFF BUTTON.

SPIEGEIICJAJIIOIN forming part ofl Letters Patent No. 701,244, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed September '7, 1900. Serial No. 29,319. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTIS F. AMBURN, a citizen of the United States,`residing at Galva, in the county of vKnox and State ofIllinois, have invented certain` new and useful Improvements inCollar or Cu Buttons,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in collar and culf buttons, and has for its primary object to enable the ready and easy insertion of the button through thick and sti material and the securing of the button as against accidental displacement when once it is inserted in position. l

Another object is to have the button of such character that it will not damageor injure the cloth by contact therewith when in use and which may be readily and quickly inserted or removed when desired.

These and such other objects as may here-` inafter appear are attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a collar-button embodying my invention, showing the same in position for insertion in a buttonhole. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the button turned to position to secure the same in a buttonhole. Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. l is a detail section thereof. Fig. 5 is a'perspective View of the base, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the head and shank.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawings. l

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base of the button, which may be of any suitable shape and size, being shown in the drawings as an elliptical disk. From the center of the base rises a flat postB, through which and through the base is a passage C, open at both ends, the top of the post being provided with a transverse notch D,whi ch intersects the passage C. In said passage is locateda spindle E, lhavin g near one of its ends an enlargement, preferably in the form of a head F, between which and an annular shoulder G, near the upper end of the passage C, is confined a coiled spring I-I, surrounding the spindle and bearing at one end against said enlargement and at the other end against said shoulder, so that the spring has a constant tendency to forcethe spindle out of the passage at the lower end thereof. `The opposite end of the spindle projects up through the notch D and 'has secured thereon a cross-piece I, which fectively prevent the accidental shifting of the head when being inserted into or with drawn from a buttonhole the meeting faces of said members are respectively concaved and convened, the head being shown concaved and the post convcxedin the drawings. The head is also somewhat reduced and pointed at its center to facilitate its introduction into a buttonhole.

The head F of a collar or cuff button embodying theinvention is small, and by reason of this and by reason of its tapering shape it does not afford a very good purchase for the iingersin the'process of lifting it under any of the conditions of actual use. It is of course desirable to use a spring of sufcient strength to prevent the head frornbeing accidentally lifted, and. in proportion to the increase in the strength of the spring the difficulty in lifting the head increases. It is for this reason that I expose thelower end of the spindle at the underside of thebase of the button. By so exposing it pressure may be exerted upon it, and in this way the head may be easily lifted. It will also be noticed that the post is wider at the end carrying the head I than at the end attached to the base, so as to assist in preventing the accidental slipping thereof through a buttonhole. To aid the convex and concave meeting faces of the post and head in preventing the turning of the head in being inserted in or removed from a buta tonhole, I also prefer to provide said members with a dowel-pin and socket, the pin being preferably beveled, so that the head will ing in alinement with the post, and the edges easily ride over it when turned into alinement with .the post. In the drawings I have shown the doWel-pin or some equivalent projection on the post, as at J, and the socket K therefor in the head I. r

In Fig. 1 the button is shown in position to be inserted'into a buttonhole, the head I beof both of said members being rounded and the members themselves being fiat they may be readily forced through a buttonhole in the thickest and stiffest material. After being passed through the button hole or holes until the head I passes beyond the buttonholes through which it has been inserted the head is irst lifted far enough to clear the post and then rotated to a position at right angles with the post, as shown in Fig. 2, when under the influence of the spring I-I the head will be drawn down into the notch D in the post and there held against rotation by the engagement of its sides with the Walls of the notch.

To remove the button or to disengage the buttonholes of a collar or cuff therefrom, the head must be raised out of the notch and clear of the post and then turned to a position parallel With the pos t, which will allow the ready removal or disengagement of the collar or cu.

This device is exceedingly cheap and durable, all of its parts being substantially solid, the button cannot rotate in a buttonhole because of the iat post inserted therein, and the tension of the spring will be sufcient under all conditions to prevent the accidental detachment of the button While in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a button, the combination With the base and a post rising therefrom, of a longitudinal passage extending through said post from end to end and open at both ends, an endWise-movable spindle located in said pas.- sage and having its lower end exposed at the under side of the base, ahead secured 'to the upper end of said spindle, and a spring engaging the spindle and tending to force it out of the passage at the lower end thereof, substantially as described.

2. In a button, the combination with the base and a post rising therefrom, said post having through it a longitudinal passage open at both ends, of an endWise-movable spindle located in said passage and having at its lower end an enlarged head exposed at the under side of the base, a head secured to the other end of said spindle and adapted to seat upon the upper end of the post, and a spring surrounding the spindle and bearing in one direction against the post and in the other direction against the enlarged head of the spindle, substantially as described.

OTIS F. AMBURN.

Witnesses:

C. S. RICHARDS, P. E. THOMAS. 

